V for Vendetta is a 2005 dystopian thriller film directed by James McTeigue from a screenplay by the Wachowskis. Serving as McTeigue's directorial debut, it is based on the 1988β89 graphic novel V for Vendetta created by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. The cast includes Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea and John Hurt. The film, which is set in a future where a fascist totalitarian regime has subjugated the United Kingdom, centres on V (Weaving), a masked vigilante who attempts to ignite a revolution, and Evey Hammond (Portman), a young woman caught up in V's plot.